FREE TREES!
A tree or shrub in your garden can provide colour, shade, food, a lasting habitat for
wildlife and even increase the value of your house.
Urban Greening are delighted to be working with The Forest of Avon Trust to offer
limited numbers of FREE APPLE TREES and FREE HEDGEROW or LANDSCAPE TREES OR
SHRUBS, for planting in gardens this late autumn/ winter.

Apple trees are supplied in pots and are approximately 1.5 metres tall, others are up to 1.0
metre tall and supplied bare rooted or in pots. Free trees or shrubs are available at 1 per
house and on a first come first served basis. Sorry, this offer is only for Montpelier
households at the present time.

GETTING A FREE TREE COULDN’T BE SIMPLER...
• Check the suitability of your garden, including the items on the next page and pick a
suitable tree/shrub from the table (if you are a tenant you will also need the permission
of your landlord).
• Complete the request form at www.transitionmontpelier.org.uk/blog/free‐tree‐give‐away/
by the closing date of 19 November 2010. We'll let you know if you're successful.
• Collect your tree and Planting Guide from outside Bell's Diner on 4 December.
• Send us images of the tree when planted and as it grows and we will create a record of
the 'Montpelier Garden Forest', enter you into the Forest of Avon Trust’s Garden Forest
register and send you a unique window sticker.

ADDITIONAL TREES AND SHRUBS
If you become a Friend of the Forest of Avon Trust you'll qualify for a further free tree or
shrub. Or you can buy extras: 1.0 metre high trees or shrubs are £2.00 each; 1.2‐ 1.5 metre
high trees or shrubs £5.00 each and apple trees £22.50 each.
Please visit moretreesmoreaction.com or call 0117 963 3383 to find out more about the Forest
of Avon Trust.

Planting Trees & Shrubs as part of the Garden Forest
If you want to plant a tree/ shrub there are a few things you need to think about first:
What do I want it to do for me?
All trees/ shrubs provide shade, filter pollution, provide shade and enhance the landscape quality of
your area. Depending on species, they are also good for varied wildlife, add colour and interest at
different times and can form a feature, hedge, or just fill a corner. The table below gives guidance
about which tree/ shrub does which.
What size will it be when fully grown?
Trees and shrubs come in all shapes and sizes and can live and grow for a very long time. When
planning your planting you need to think about the size it will be (under and above ground) when fully
grown. A guide for a new garden tree/ shrub is that it should be no closer than its full‐ grown height
from a building. Also think about its impact on your neighbours.
Garden Forest Trees & Shrubs‐ Some Characteristics
ENGLISH/
MATURE SOME BENEFITS
SOILS
LIGHT
COMMON
HEIGHT
DEMANDING
NAME
Geulder rose
4m
Flowers, leaves, wildlife, fast‐
Avoid acid & Not tolerant of
growing
dry soils
shade
Cox apple
5m (M106 Flowers, eating apples (self fertile) Fertile soils
Not tolerant of
rootstock)
shade
Crab apple
10m
Flowers, wildlife
Wide
Does not
tolerance
tolerate dense
shade
Hawthorn
15m
Flowers, wildlife, fast‐ growing,
Wide
Does not
can be used for hedges
tolerance
tolerate dense
shade
Hazel
10m
Catkins, nuts, wildlife, fast‐
Avoid acid
Shade tolerant
growing, can be used for hedges soils
Field maple
15m
Flowers, leaves, wildlife, can be
Avoid heavy Shade tolerant
used for hedges
soils
Rowan
15m
Leaves, berry colour, wildlife, fast Avoid clays
Tolerates some
growing
shade
Silver birch
25m
Bark, shape, wildlife
Prefers
Not tolerant of
(Only consider for very large
shade
lighter, acid
gardens)
soils
Sources: JCLI Trees & Shrubs for Landscape Planting; Planting Native Trees & Shrubs, Beckett; Trees & How to Grow Them, Lipscombe & Stokes.